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Ted Daffan

Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan (September 21, 1912[1] – October 6, 1996)[2] was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal "Truck Driver's Blues" and two much covered country anthems of unrequited love, "Born to Lose" and "I'm a Fool to Care".

Ted Daffan

Theron Eugene Daffan

September 21, 1912

Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States

October 6, 1996(1996-10-06) (aged 84)

Country

Country artist

Guitar

1930s–1960s

Early years[edit]

Daffan was born in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] He lived in Texas in the 1930s,[1] working in an instrument repair shop in Houston.

Retirement and death[edit]

Daffan left active performance in the 1960s, and founded a Nashville-based publishing house with Hank Snow. He retired to Houston, but retained interests in the publishing business for a time. He died in 1996 in Houston, Texas.[2]

Conqueror 9697: "Put Your Little Arms Around Me/I'm a Fool to Care" (1940)

Conqueror 9698: "She Goes the Other Way/Gray Eyed Darling" (1940)

Conqueror 9699: "Blue Steel Blues/Worried Mind" (1940)

Conqueror 9700: "Rainy Day Blues/Let Her Go" (1940)

Conqueror 9701: "I'm Sorry I Said Goodbye/I Told You So" (1940)

Okeh 5668: "Worried Mind/Blue Steel Blues"

Okeh 5741: "Crying the Blues Again/Where the Deep Waters Flow" (1940)

Okeh 6172: "Because/Those Blue Eyes Don't Sparkle Anymore" (1941)

Okeh 6253: "Weary, Worried and Blue/Too Late, Little Girl, Too Late" (1941)

Okeh 6504: "I'll Travel Alone/I Lost My Sunshine" (1941)

Okeh 6542: "Breakin' My Heart Over You/Car Hop's Blues" (1941)

Okeh 6706: "/No Letter Today" (1942)

Born to Lose

Columbia 20077: "Shut That Gate/Broken Vows" (1946)

Columbia 20103: "Baby You Can't Get Me Down/You Better Change Your Ways Baby" (1946)

Columbia 20358: "Long John/Lonesome Highway" (1945)

Columbia 20567: "Flame of Love/I'm That Kind of Guy" (1949)

Columbia 20628: "That's a Dad Blamed Lie/Take That Leash Off of Me" (1949)

Columbia 20678: "I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night/I'm Gonna Leave This Darned Old Town" (1950)

Columbia 20707: "Ain't Got No Name Rag/Kiss Me Goodnight" (1950)

at Allmusic

Ted Daffan

Online Discographical Project

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Ted Daffan